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FedEx and UPS say, “uh pass” to calls for them to deliver ballots in November. Things are pretty dang wild in Belarus as protestors demand their president admit he lost last week’s election. LeBron James said an emotional good-bye to the cast and crew on the “Space Jam” sequel set. A new “Clueless” reboot is coming and it’s either gonna be a Betty or a total Monet. Cardi B interviewed Joe Biden and told her exactly what her fans want. And BuzzFeed News congressional correspondent Addy Baird lays out where Congress left off on its new coronavirus bill negotiations before going on recess. (Spoilers: It’s not good.)

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Coronavirus testing is wayyy down in Florida and Texas, which is not ideal. If you thought the President would miss a chance to push birtherism 2.0 via Kamala Harris, well, I don’t know what to tell you. Apple fragged Fortnite on the App Store and now Epic Games is suing. Dolly Parton is a legend, an icon, and says “of course black lives matter.” And we’ve got BuzzFeed’s Stephen LaConte back with us for a special “Friendship is Magic” edition of “DM 911,” offering the best advice he can on working out your issues with your friends. 

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Universal mail-in voting is impossible because the Postal Service is underfunded, says the President, who then says that’s why he’s not going to approve more funding for the Postal Service. It is scary hot in Baghdad and it's a glimpse into everyone’s future. AMC is bribing people back to movie theaters with really cheap tickets. The creators of Avatar: The Last Airbender are leaving the live-action Netflix adaptation. We lean into some good news, including Tony Hawk being inclusive and elementary school teachers being dope. And Gael Aitor, one of the co-founders of the podcast Teenage Therapy, joins us to talk about how he hopes talking out his issues with his friends helps other teens.

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Senator Kamala Harris is former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate! A QAnon fan from Georgia is going to be joining Congress it looks like. (She’s also anti-Muslim!). Three of R Kelly’s associates have been charged with allegedly threatening, intimidating, and trying to bribe witnesses. Scientists have found a salty ocean on a teeny tiny planet in our solar system! And Slate’s Joel Anderson comes through to breakdown the odds of any college football games actually getting played during this pandemic.

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Russia claimed victory in the race for a COVID-19 vaccine which...doubts. We have them. Seattle slashed its police budget and its police chief resigned. The top QAnon Facebook groups that have literally millions of members between them. A dramatic reboot of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” may be coming to a streaming service near you! Phil Collins is a musician who's done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more. And we’re joined by former deputy national security advisor, and co-host of Crooked Media’s “Pod Save the World,” Ben Rhodes to talk about his new podcast, “Missing America.”

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 President Trump signed some executive orders this weekend — we look at what they actually do. 97,000 children tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks of July. Cardi B defended Kylie Jenner’s appearance in the “WAP” music video. TikTok taught us that there’s a wild, tragic — and possibly lesbian — backstory to the French song “Dominique.” And NPR investigative correspondent Tim Mak fills us in on what’s made the NRA go from hunter to hunted, as it faces legal troubles and millions of dollars in reduced revenue.

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President Trump signed an executive order threatening to ban TikTok in 45 days. (TikTok is like “...excuse me??”) The unemployment rate dropped in the US! Which is good! But the number of jobs added is...not ideal. “A League of Their Own” is being made into a TV show! Which is very GOOD. Kylie Jenner showed up in Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s new music video and the internet is feeling some type of way about it. And there’s going to be a US version of the Eurovision Song Contest next year, so place your bets on which state wins it all now!

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Students at a high school in Georgia are being threatened with expulsion if they don’t show up because of the pandemic — and have been punished for speaking out. New York’s Attorney General is trying to shut down the NRA. YouTube star Jake Paul got a visit from the feds in relation to a certain looting incident in late May. And we talk with friend of the show Scaachi Khoul about her new weekly podcast “Not Great! With Scaachi Khoul,” why she’s leaning into negativity, and how much of a diva her dad has already become from working on the show with her.

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Lebanon is reeling after a massive explosion that killed more than a hundred people and left thousands more injured. (You can donate to the Lebanese Red Cross here.) Progressives had some surprising wins in yesterday’s primaries. The new “Mulan” is skipping straight to Disney+ — with one catch. Oh, uh, btw: people used to eat mummies. Sorry. And we’re talking with Gina Cherelus about the layers upon layers of excellence at work in Beyoncé’s new visual album “Black is King.” 

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The president’s interview on “Axios on HBO” was...something, all right. Schools are already starting up in the US and struggling to prevent coronavirus outbreaks. Taylor broke a new record and the upcoming “Bachelorette” season has more drama than any of her last few albums. A scientist who allegedly died of COVID-19 may not have been a real person at all?? And we talk with the Washington Post’s Jacob Bogage about the US Postal Service’s many problems, how the administration is making them worse, and what this could mean for the election.

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